Uganda Anglican Church and the anti LGBTQ law
On 28th May, the president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, approved and passed a law that criminalizes LGBTQ people . An action hailed by the Anglican church in Uganda in a statement released by the...
Category: Transgender
“Criminalizing homosexuality is a sin”, a message to the catholic church in Africa?
On his way back from a papal visit in Congo and South Sudan, Pope Francis during a press conference on board the plane responded to a question on homosexuality. He emphasized his comment from...
Zanele Muholi’s Photographs Celebrate Radical, Queer, Black Beauty
It’s about…documenting the realities of people who deserve to be heard, who deserve to be seen, and who are often excluded as part of the canon.
Queer Narratives from Kenya: I am a male-to-female transgender
I am a male-to-female transgender. I’ve always felt different since I was young. I never identified as male, ever. Growing up, I never knew my real parents. I’ve been in different foster homes – three of them so far. It’s been tough. The first foster family thought I was a girl. When I was eight or ten, I started exhibiting feminine characteristics; growing breasts and hips. My foster parents were afraid. They said, “This is an omen. Hatumwezi”.
Being a transman won’t stop me from carrying my babies
Testimony of Invisible V. published in the LGBT Bombastic Magazine (Uganda), n. 4, 2017, pages 8-9 My name is Invisible V. I am a transgender man, above 18 and I work with Tranz Network....